I really need some advice as I’m at the end of my tether and don’t know what to do? We have owned our current home for over 8 years, it’s a terraced house! I don’t see this being our forever home but we can’t afford to move just yet.
For the past two years our next door neighbours have complained about the noise we make as a family. We are only a family of three, have a young son age 8 . To be clear no one gets up before 7. Son is in bed most nights by 8. He’s at school all day! We never have wild parties or anything - we ourselves go to bed by 10.30 most nights! We’re a family that like to get out and about and do things so we are out and away a lot at weekends! However any time my child has a play date at our house they moan or thump on the walls, if ( as boys can do) - son is occasionally a little thumpy on the stairs they will bang on the wall. Last weekend my son had a friend round and they were not noisy at all. The only thing they did was have a race up the stairs. At 4.30 pm. And the wife came over and had a mad rant on my doorstep for around twenty minutes about the noise! It got quite threatening as she mentioned her husband was going to come round and go mad. The husband I am
scared of as he has been intimidating towards us in the past with various threats and comments. He’s that type- has something to say about everyone!! But also quite happy to wake the whole street up by shouting out the window at someone walking past at 3am. I could go on…
it’s got to the point where we’re scared to have people over as don’t want another confrontation. I’ve kept a detailed diary and have spoken to a friends husband that is a lawyer but I don’t think there is much we can do?
Any suggestions? Am
i being unreasonable? Should I stop play dates and tell my son to tiptoe on the stairs? I just want a quiet life and to not feel uncomfortable in my own home! I want my child to have friends over and not feel that the neighbours will start knocking . It seems anytime we leave the house they are looking out the window and the same when we come back. I’m constantly on edge. They also never leave the house and very rarely have anyone round. Grandkids used to come over occasionally but not been seen for months? Help!!!! Is it me?